[Elecraft] K3 Macro Suggestions

David Ferrington, M0XDF M0XDF at Alphadene.co.uk
Tue Nov 3 05:38:20 EST 2009


Good idea Wayne, can someone work out the macro for that?
:-)
73 de M0XDF, K3 #174
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On 29 Oct 2009, at 17:30, Wayne Burdick wrote:

> Hi Lee,
>
> There is at present no way to put the K3 into "sleep" mode (i.e. a
> reduced-current mode from which the rig could be "woken up" with a
> serial port command). Good idea, though.
>
> If you want to minimize current drain: turn the sub receiver off, set
> LCD BRT to 2, switch to 40 or 20 m (where the fewest relays are
> energized), bypass the ATU, switch to antenna 1, turn ATTN, PRE, and
> NB off, and set AF GAIN to minimum.
>
> Fortunately the K3 only draws about 1/3rd as much current as most
> desktop transceivers even when it's "awake."



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